Former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton took his own life, an inquest into his death has heard.

According to a provisional cause of death, Stockport Coroner's Court heard he died from hanging.

The 46-year-old's body had been found by police at an address in Tameside, Greater Manchester, on 14 September, after being called by a member of the public.

Police at the time said: "There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances."

During Hatton's career between 1997 and 2012, the British fighter - nicknamed "The Hitman" - won titles in the light welterweight and welterweight divisions.

In July this year, he announced he was coming out of retirement for a December bout in Dubai, 13 years on from his last professional match.

The Manchester boxer had been set to fight Eisa

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